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a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with obama among voters who see him as a quote strong leader. just last month, romney was trailing in that category, trailing, not just by a little. by 13 points, in fact. another contributing factor to obama's slide, women. this might be a surprise, but women are now evenly divided in their support of the two candidates. take a look at your screen. just last month, obama led romney by 18 points among women, so that is big. and keep in mind obama won this voting block by 13 points in 2008, so it's getting even bigger. another contributing factor to romney's big gains, voters say they think he's
a brand new poll of likely voters showing mitt romney out ahead and leading the president 49-45%. and look at this. since last month, the president is down six percentage points in that same poll. now, it is just one poll, but take a closer look at the numbers and there may be some pretty red flags out there for the incumbent. voters say romney did a better job at the debate on wednesday night. 66 to 20%. and that has helped change some voters views of governor romney. he's now polled even with...
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let's talk about the pew poll and that romney lead. could you break down those numbers. >> that's a huge lead. if that number is correct, you know, it seems to be a little bit of an outlier. we don't have a lot of information. all the polls that have been released since the debate, state polls, national polls and the average for romney is he's increased his performance by about four to five points. that's a big deal. since the convention, obama seemed to have a lead of about four points. now it's gone back to the pre-convention period where it was tied or obama had a one to two-point lead in all the polls. the best thing to do is to wait for the by the end of the week we'll have more national poll. we'll see what's showing up in the swing state. it does seem just like obama got a big bump out of his convention, mitt romney has a significant bump out of his first debate performance. >> we need to look at overall trends. overall trends clearly moving towards romney including in key voting groups. women voters, if you look at pew a month
let's talk about the pew poll and that romney lead. could you break down those numbers. >> that's a huge lead. if that number is correct, you know, it seems to be a little bit of an outlier. we don't have a lot of information. all the polls that have been released since the debate, state polls, national polls and the average for romney is he's increased his performance by about four to five points. that's a big deal. since the convention, obama seemed to have a lead of about four points....
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one poll shows the former house speaker leading mitt romney in iowa. >>> penn state child molestation scandal jerry sandusky speaking out again and giving his side of the story. he says he was innocent and never had sexual contact with young boys. the former football coach sat down with an interview with the new york city, asking why he did thip like showering with kids, sleeping with them alone in hotel rooms, he said he saw them as his own children. sandusky said he never abused child's. he confirmed some details of events prosecutors cited in molesting 40 young boys. >>> lots of happy reunions in ft. hood, texas. the last of our brave men and women who served in iraq are now back with their families. this unit coordinated logistics of the drawdown and now they are home. >>> back now to our top story, herman cain's decision to suspend his campaign. our shannon travis was there when cain stepped before the cameras. really, shannon, it was difficult to discern what he was about to say, because he talked very much like a man who was still on the campaign trail. it was only until he rev
one poll shows the former house speaker leading mitt romney in iowa. >>> penn state child molestation scandal jerry sandusky speaking out again and giving his side of the story. he says he was innocent and never had sexual contact with young boys. the former football coach sat down with an interview with the new york city, asking why he did thip like showering with kids, sleeping with them alone in hotel rooms, he said he saw them as his own children. sandusky said he never abused...
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latest gallup tracking poll has him leading romney by five points. some of that survey taken before the debate but a lot of it taken after. >>> starring big bird, produced after mitt romney declared he would cut funding for pbs during last week's debate. it is laced with sarcasm, casting the sesame street character as an evil corporate fiend. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, glutton of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. big bird. big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> a menace to our economy. mitt romney knows it's not wall street you have to worry about. it's sesame street. >> i am going to stop the subsidy to pbs. >> mitt romney, taking on our enemies, no matter where they nest. >> campaign street says the recent campaign appearances eight mentions of big bird, five mentions of elmo, zero mentions of libya and zero plans to fix the economy, saying that the big bird references are small. every time that ad has been p y played this morning, everyone has erupted in laughter. >> that
latest gallup tracking poll has him leading romney by five points. some of that survey taken before the debate but a lot of it taken after. >>> starring big bird, produced after mitt romney declared he would cut funding for pbs during last week's debate. it is laced with sarcasm, casting the sesame street character as an evil corporate fiend. >> bernie madoff, ken lay, criminals, glutton of greed. and the evil genius who towered over them? one man has the guts to speak his name....
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we begin with a poll showing president obama with a 13-point lead over mitt romney among likely voters. according to latest bloomberg national poll. frank rich joins me now. strong stuff here, frank. >> i'm not the headline writer. >> i know what you're getting at. we played this ad. the infamous daisy girl which i may play early from a very early presidential campaign where a little girl goes running through a flower-filled field and it gets blown to pieces by a nuclear bomb. if you vote for that guy, that's happening to your daughter. i know the theme of the piece. interestingly, uh you're saying, although you don't necessarily agree with negativity in ads, you think they're very effective. and if obama is going to win, he has to step up a gear and go double negative on romney? >> yes. first offal awe, there's a long history back to the days of pony express. forget about television and the internet. they're always used they're always used equally by democrats and republicans and to unilaterally disarm which some seem to be suggesting to obama and ed rendell and others said it was nau
we begin with a poll showing president obama with a 13-point lead over mitt romney among likely voters. according to latest bloomberg national poll. frank rich joins me now. strong stuff here, frank. >> i'm not the headline writer. >> i know what you're getting at. we played this ad. the infamous daisy girl which i may play early from a very early presidential campaign where a little girl goes running through a flower-filled field and it gets blown to pieces by a nuclear bomb. if...
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of the conservative part of the republican party who has their doubts about mitt romney, they have no doubts about obama care, and that could get them to the poll and get them more enthused, so that is always going to come up, but he could use ate as way to pivot back to the economy and say, this is what obama care is doing to the economy. >> paul, there was one republican who referred to this decision as the kiss of death for democrats. let's talk a little bit politically, like, how it plays out. does it repeat 2010 midterms where the tea party rode to power on this sort of anti-obama, anti-health care fervor this time around? or as the democrats are spinning it, it's been decided, everybody, time to move on? >> it certainly motivated their base. they do need that. because mr. romney, as katie points out, probably not the favorite. i remember in the primaries that rick santorum said this, and he was right about this, and i rarely say that a republican is right, but he said because mitt romney signed romney care, which is the template, the blueprint. particularly with the individual m
of the conservative part of the republican party who has their doubts about mitt romney, they have no doubts about obama care, and that could get them to the poll and get them more enthused, so that is always going to come up, but he could use ate as way to pivot back to the economy and say, this is what obama care is doing to the economy. >> paul, there was one republican who referred to this decision as the kiss of death for democrats. let's talk a little bit politically, like, how it...
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according to the polls, romney, the man to beat president obama, but gingrich pushing to the front. can he take on obama and can he win? that's fair game, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. outhwash, toothpaste and this season, discover aleve. mouth wetting lonzenges - guaranteed effective on all types of bad breath and dry mouth. nothing works faster than therabreath. visit therabreathforfree.com >>> well, to politics now. newt gingrich, is he the new anti-romney favorite among republican voters? more importantly, with all his, as they say, baggage, and the latest, his involvement with freddie mac, is he actually electable? it's all fair game. our experts and my dear friends, maria cardona, she's in washington, and lynn mcallister, he's live for us in chicago. lynn, you've kind of been on the newt bandwagon for quite some time. but as he gets up in the polls, man, the attacks are coming. >> they are absolutely coming. they are absolutely coming. and you know what,
according to the polls, romney, the man to beat president obama, but gingrich pushing to the front. can he take on obama and can he win? that's fair game, next. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] everyone deserves the gift of a pain free holiday. this season, discover aleve. all day pain relief with just two pills. outhwash, toothpaste and this season, discover aleve. mouth wetting lonzenges - guaranteed effective on all types of bad breath and dry mouth. nothing works faster than therabreath. visit...
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in the polls. romney needs a fire lit under his fanny to wake up and start running for president. he has not done a sunday show in more than two years and will do one this sunday. he needs to be more aggressive. the republican voters want somebody to take the fight to obama. and romney is not showing that side of himself, so this is actually a good thing. i think he needs to get more aggressive, more assertive and more focused and there's nothing like being an underdog to focus you on the task. >> 20 seconds each on this one, what is it about huntsman's daughters? they are getting a lot of attention during the campaign pumping up their dad, but this time the quote, debate in manchester, the joke was on them. >> well, i can see my daughter nodding off over there. >> in her defense, she was nodding off while i spoke. >> so what do you think, guys? does this boring lovefest or lack of attack mean that these guys would be the perfect match on the 2012 ticket? robert? >> well, first, i have to give a sh
in the polls. romney needs a fire lit under his fanny to wake up and start running for president. he has not done a sunday show in more than two years and will do one this sunday. he needs to be more aggressive. the republican voters want somebody to take the fight to obama. and romney is not showing that side of himself, so this is actually a good thing. i think he needs to get more aggressive, more assertive and more focused and there's nothing like being an underdog to focus you on the task....
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a new poll shows gingrich is blowing out mitt romney nationally. 40% to 23%, but the polls also reveal some electability issues for the frontrunner. in a general election, president obama has an 11-point lead over gingrich. mitt romney trails by two points, that's within the poll's margin of error. >>> with less than three weeks to go before the iowa caucuses, newt gingrich's political director is out. two gop candidates are mormons, as you know. gingrich is working with a lean staff in iowa. >>> earlier on "american morning," tea party favorite christine o'donnell told me she's endorsing mitt romney in 2012. she talked about romney's leadership ability and consistency, even though critics have accused him of flip-flopping on big issues. o'donnell said it came down to romney being the anti-newt. >> because so many tea partiers are flocking behind newt gingrich, i decided to come out and say, hey, between newt and romney, the tea party, i don't think, should be behind newt at all. newt gingrich supported a federal mandate and inconsistent and unreliable all the way down from cozying up
a new poll shows gingrich is blowing out mitt romney nationally. 40% to 23%, but the polls also reveal some electability issues for the frontrunner. in a general election, president obama has an 11-point lead over gingrich. mitt romney trails by two points, that's within the poll's margin of error. >>> with less than three weeks to go before the iowa caucuses, newt gingrich's political director is out. two gop candidates are mormons, as you know. gingrich is working with a lean staff...
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the latest university of iowa hawk eye poll, former house speaker surge foging to a ten-p lead over romney, and nine points over paul. >>> and closing rarngs ranks with conservative, written a letter to the leader of a social group in iowa promising to strengthen the family and uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity. gingrich has been married three times. >> that could hurt this. >> it's -- the circumstances under which one of his marriages ended. as a result of him having an affair with somebody else. to whom he's now married. >> see if the letter works. >>> 12 past the hour. also making news, congress is scheduled to wrap up business for the year this friday and still no agreement on extending the pay roll tax even though both parties insist they want to pass it. house republicans scheduled to vot on their plan today including a pipeline provision. something democrats call a non-starter. democrats want to pay for the pay roll extension with a millionaire surtax. leading republicans say that's a non-starter. >>> senator and new jersey governor jon corzine will once a
the latest university of iowa hawk eye poll, former house speaker surge foging to a ten-p lead over romney, and nine points over paul. >>> and closing rarngs ranks with conservative, written a letter to the leader of a social group in iowa promising to strengthen the family and uphold the institution of marriage through personal fidelity. gingrich has been married three times. >> that could hurt this. >> it's -- the circumstances under which one of his marriages ended. as a...
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the recent poll shows the president has a slight lead over mitt romney at 47% to 42%. and starting today the states also playing host to the national governor's association 104th annual meeting. one man who will be center stage is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell, the chair of the republican governors association. thanks for joining me once again. let me ask you a question -- >> thanks, soledad. >> great to have you. your statement unemployment figures are very good, 5.6% is the last number i've read. president obama, when i look at the polls and we showed them, he's leading in polling in your statement. do you think it's likely the president will take the state of virginia coming the election? >> no. and i say that -- >> i'm looking at the polls while you say that but i'm looking at the polls, they say yes. >> there's only one that matters and it's not today, it's four months from now. and that's much better position than about four months ago. romney was down eight points and i think more more people examine the failed leadership and impact of the regulatory policie
the recent poll shows the president has a slight lead over mitt romney at 47% to 42%. and starting today the states also playing host to the national governor's association 104th annual meeting. one man who will be center stage is virginia's governor bob mcdonnell, the chair of the republican governors association. thanks for joining me once again. let me ask you a question -- >> thanks, soledad. >> great to have you. your statement unemployment figures are very good, 5.6% is the...
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if romney is the presumed nominee here, how does he fire up the base, get people out to the polls to vote in november? clearly, there are not a lot of folks who are very enthusiastic about him. >> i disagree with you, suzanne. romney is firing up the base. he's actually getting the attention of independents as well. after the triple-header win he had this week, wisconsin, d.c., and maryland, he's taking the fight to barack obama. i mean, we just heard on tuesday that romney is calling out with a failure, an absolute abysmal failure barack obama's presidency has been. like romney said, this president surrounds himself with sychophants. he comes out this week and threatens the supreme court to bow to him. so say, you know, you're not going to care kind of strike down obama care, and then he comes out talking about bashing republicans for offering a vision of the country which is a budget that is something that the democrat-controlled senate has yet to do in three years. so i think go on, obama. angry obama hiding from -- >> can you respond to that with a song perhaps? do you sing as we
if romney is the presumed nominee here, how does he fire up the base, get people out to the polls to vote in november? clearly, there are not a lot of folks who are very enthusiastic about him. >> i disagree with you, suzanne. romney is firing up the base. he's actually getting the attention of independents as well. after the triple-header win he had this week, wisconsin, d.c., and maryland, he's taking the fight to barack obama. i mean, we just heard on tuesday that romney is calling out...
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according to a new gallup poll, 20% of those surveyed say romney's net worth of over $200 million makes them less likely to vote for him for president. most americans 75% say romney's money makes no difference. only 4% say his money makes people more likely to vote for him. democrats and independents make upmost of those who say they're less likely to support romney because he's rich. he's really rich. most of the democrats probably wouldn't vote for romney anyway. but when it comes to the independents, we all know how important they are especially in the swing states. voter income plays a role in all this. nearly 30% of those making under $24,000 a year say they're less likely to support romney because he's rich. romney's money has become a campaign strategy for president obama and the democrats. call it class warfare. they've been highlighting romney's wealth, how he made many of those millions working for the venture capital firm, bain capital. and how he has yet to release all of his tax returns for the last decade. president obama, who is also a multi-millionaire, wants to convince
according to a new gallup poll, 20% of those surveyed say romney's net worth of over $200 million makes them less likely to vote for him for president. most americans 75% say romney's money makes no difference. only 4% say his money makes people more likely to vote for him. democrats and independents make upmost of those who say they're less likely to support romney because he's rich. he's really rich. most of the democrats probably wouldn't vote for romney anyway. but when it comes to the...